How did you discover that you were a switch?
I didn't even realize I was until my husband pointed it out, but the way I like to take charge with him is different to the way we like him to take charge of me. I'm happy to be tied, spanked, made his little slut et al.
I like to give him hard-ons in really inappropriate places, tease him, get him horny. In the bedroom, I like to ride him and try and deny him orgasm so I can get as many of mine from him as possible. Sometimes I like to lock him out and only let him back in when he's stripped naked. I don't like to tie him or "hurt" him (he doesn't really hurt me as such, we like spanking/whipping play, wax play, tight bondage, etc, but actually my pain threshold is quite low).
Do you prefer to have different roles with different partners asin being submissive to one person and dominant with another? Does it make it easier that way?
Whenever we play with others in our group, I'm submissive. Sometimes I'm involved in the restraining, teasing, tormenting and/or pleasuring of the other subs, but only if I'm asked to do so by the Dommes or Doms. There are some people on KinkTalk that like to engage in discussions with me in the submissive role, but then occasionally I've given some ideas to other submissives in a more dominant capacity as well
Or if you’re in a relationship with another switch how and/or to decide when one will be the Dom and one the sub?
My husband and I are pretty good at gauging what kind of mood each other is in, so it tends to be a natural thing. I can tell when he's had a new idea that he's thinking about discussing with me, he kind of has this quiet intensity along with a solid erection, and I guess it excites me that he's so excited about it that I go to being the submissive for him. I suppose if he's horny, or we both are together, I'll pretty much end up the sub unless he's tired and in the mood for letting me take charge. If I'm horny and he's concentrating on something else, then it's me that will usually take the lead, unless I'm specifically turned on by the thought of being submissive